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Biologist Robert Full shares slo-mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle-packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls. Robert Full studies ...cockroach legs and gecko feet. His research is helping build the perfect "distributed foot" for tomorrow's robots, based on evolution's ancient engineering. Run time 19:28.[more]

This video beautifully illustrates how African animals including hippos, giraffes, baboons, and zebras return to Kalahari as the wet season begins. (Running Time is 3:01.) (There may a short commercial before the video commences.)

In this video students will get to see swarms of flamingos and butterflies. The video identifies various reasons why these animals swarm and stick together. This video is a good teaching resource for students as it would help to build background know...ledge. This would work well in conjunction with a unit on migration, birds, and/or butterflies. Students will enjoy this colorful video (2:18).[more]

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